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I know what you mean, Cruz is a senator. But guess what.. you do not have to be a member of Congress to be Speaker of the House. I don't think that Savage had that in mind though. Mistakes happen.. you try speaking ten hours a week on radio. :)

From a wiki source: The Constitution provides that the House may choose its own Speaker. Although not explicitly required by the Constitution, every Speaker has been a member of the House.

I guess they are referring to Article 1, Section 2. Simply, "The House of Representatives shall choose their speaker and other officers; and shall have the sole power of impeachment."

I'd heard this a long time ago and recently a certain constitutional expert verified it after he checked.

I'll take this opportunity to change the subject to something that I couldn't post the day it happened. It's something some talk show hosts do all the time and it's a pet peeve of mine.

"We have met the enemy and he is us." Pogo. Walt Kelly.

I posted months ago that years ago Savage claimed that he coined that sentence "We have met the enemy and he is us". He repeated the claim Thursday (22 May) in the second hour at 45mins to 50mins (IRCC).

If this link has correct information then Savage had to be seven or eight years old and someone stole his idea for book title.

Savage is not the only one, of course.

For all the great things these radio host folks say and write they cannot do simple research? The kind that we ne'er-do-well lazy, worthless, ineffectual, unsuccessful, uneducated, completely lacking in merit, good-for-nothing, hats-on-backwards, porn-craving, dregs of humanity listeners have done maybe once or twice in our worthless lives? :)